Jeffrey Fong is a cantonese composer currently based in Montréal, Canada. He studied music composition at McGill Schulich School of Music(Bmus 2018’) then received mentorship under the distinguished composer and pedagogue Alan Belkin. 

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       In August 2024, Jeffrey took part in the inaugural Cumnock Tryst Summer School for Composers in Ayrshire, Scotland, led by composers Sir James Macmillan and Oscar Bettison. As part of the program, his composition Cirrus received its premiere at the Dumfries House, under the direction of Sir James Macmillan. 

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       His work Dans un Sentier Tout Parfumé composed for Duo Étrange will be recorded alongside a newly commissioned movement as part of the ensemble’s début album with ATMA Classique, supported by Canada Council for the Arts.

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       Recent engagements include a prestigious Yellow Barn Artist Residency with Duo Étrange developing an original arrangement of Ligeti's Mysteries of the Macabre, as well as additional new works for the ensemble. In the spring of 2024, Jeffrey was one of the few selected recipients, and the first ever composer, to receive the AIDA Fund award from La Fondation Jeunesses Musicales Canada. 

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       His very first orchestral composition Through Shattering Snow and Fallen Glass was the finalist of the 6th Tampa Bay Symphony International Composition Competition, and received a reading directed by Mark Sforzini.

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       A recent composition Rondo Squilibrato, which is Jeffrey’s take on blending elements of jazz, contemporary, and classical forms will be recorded and released by record label Odd Sounds with collaborative pianist Joanne Kang (from Carnegie Hall’s: “ensemble connect”) as well as acclaimed jazz performers Jim Doxas (drums) and Adrian Vedady (bass).

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       Outside of music, Jeffrey has a passion for the culinary arts and has held apprenticeships in Michelin-starred restaurants in Scandinavia and Vancouver.